§ MR. SUMMERSasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether his attention has been called to a telegram published in the "Daily News" of the 14th instant, in which it is asserted that Turkish troops are continually arriving in Thessaly; that the Turks are throwing up fortifications near Volo Domoko and the entire length of the frontier; that Dervish Pacha is reported to be offering terms to the Albanians on condition that they prepare to descend to Thessaly and oppose the Hellenic occupation; and that Austrian agents in Thessaly, Epirus, and Macedonia are strenuously engaged in representing the Vlach inhabitants as protesting against the annexation to Greece of the districts belonging to them; and, whether he is able to confirm or to contradict any of these statements?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKESir, the latest report we have received of the strength of the Turkish Army in Thessaly was dated Apri1 12. It was then estimated at 42,600 men; but there had been a cessation of reinforcements since the end of March. The fortifications along the frontier and the port defences at Vola were stated to be complete at the same date. The last accounts of Dervish Pasha's proceedings show that he had nearly succeeded in reducing the Albanians to submission; but we have no reason to think that he had proposed to them to oppose the occupation by Greece of the territories to be ceded. With regard to the Vlachs, we have received a copy of a 798 Petition against annexation to Greece, which was to be presented to the Porte by six Vlach delegates; but no great importance was attributed to this proceeding, and we have heard nothing that would connect Austrian agents with it.